CHAPTER 142: CHAPTER 142: IS IT LOVE OR OBSESSION? (12)

Tang Yanqi’s whole body stiffened; her heart, which was always as cold as ice, felt unprecedented warmth at this moment. With her head buried in Sheng Jianan’s chest, she could clearly hear his heartbeat, surrounded by the fresh scent exuded from Sheng Jianan.

All of Tang Yanqi’s strength and all her facade crumbled in this instant.

Her eyes reddened, her nose tingled, using her last bit of strength to clench her teeth so as not to let the tears fall, Tang Yanqi muffledly spoke, "Let’s leave, I don’t want to stay here."

Tang Yanqi didn’t want Sheng Jianan to come, so she could go up and settle scores with that disgusting professor; she didn’t want him to encounter those disgusting aspects of human nature.

Sheng Jianan, a favored child of heaven, always stood closest to the sun. Tang Yanqi knew that Sheng Jianan certainly understood the sinister nature of human hearts, but she didn’t want to let him come into contact with those because of her. Sheng Jianan possessed the status that made everyone afraid to show their sinister side to him; he had the capital that made everyone eager to present their most glamorous and dazzling side to him.

She didn’t want him to see her in distress and vulnerability; moreover, she didn’t want him to see the darkness surrounding her.

Sheng Jianan didn’t understand what Tang Yanqi was thinking; he simply interpreted her sentence "Don’t want to stay here" as being scared, thus not wanting to stay.

Naturally wrapping an arm around Tang Yanqi’s waist, Sheng Jianan continued to shelter her in his embrace, leaving the teaching building while his gaze swept coldly upstairs.

Thin lips tightly pursed, he protected Tang Yanqi as they walked toward the side door.

This teaching building was relatively remote, close to the side door, with not many people on the road, and before long they returned to the car.

Tang Yanqi had straightened out her clothes, finally calming down. She indeed had been frightened, but compared to her many years of experience, this was indeed not much.

A bottle of water suddenly appeared in front of her. Tang Yanqi turned to look, only to see a rare trace of gentleness on Sheng Jianan’s face, making Tang Yanqi a bit unaccustomed. She avoided his gaze, pulling out a smile: "Thank you."

Sheng Jianan gave her a deep look, did not ask what happened, as he could guess. Directly starting the vehicle, when they stopped at the first red light, Sheng Jianan spoke again: "Can you still go to the dinner? If not, we’ll just go home."

Tang Yanqi’s hand tightened around the water bottle, he said... go home?

Those two words, they sound so nice.

"Let’s go, didn’t we already make plans?"

Tang Yanqi spoke with sensible understanding, but Sheng Jianan felt a flash of displeasure. She herself had been scared like this, yet still cared about some plans? Being with Sheng Jianan, wasn’t he the rule-maker here? This woman truly... underestimated him.

Sheng Jianan wanted to say something more but saw Tang Yanqi had already calmly looked out the window, leaving the words unsaid, and started the car again. Sheng Jianan did not directly take Tang Yanqi to the agreed place but instead took her to a luxury store.

"Why come here?"

Tang Yanqi was a bit surprised, standing in front of a shop door with a big "CHANEL" logo.

Sheng Jianan looked her up and down: "This outfit of yours, won’t do."

Although Tang Yanqi’s clothes had been torn open earlier, they were actually fine once she straightened them out. But thinking more about it, it made sense. Going along for Sheng Jianan’s dinner, no matter what, she was indeed Mrs. Sheng; where would Mrs. Sheng wear street market goods?